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the beginning of a #duststorm. getting stuck on the playa in the middle of a #whiteout is one of the things I love most about being out here. this is the moment when we put on our goggles and dust masks, and patiently wait for art to reappear out of nowhere #burningman2017

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Opening this Friday, September 29th, I will be exhibiting two pieces as part of "Topographies" at The Midwest Center for Photography in Wichita, Kansas. More info at the link in bio... Pictured here: "Sun During Haboob" 2014 from Nearing Dissonance

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Speaking of feels, I have yet watch this movie a second time. Simply because of the fact how emotional it makes me thinking of the shit Colin's character went through during the course of the film. #duststorm#movies

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Stuck in an RV on Friday in 2014 or waking up to the relaxing rustle of canvas from the harsh winds in other years...I had yet in nearly five burns been caught out in a dust storm. Fast forward to Monday morning. I had missed my Alpha shift by oversleeping. I had ambitions of somehow walking the 10-hour shift on one hour of sleep but it would have been a rather unsafe idea. I journeyed down to HQ and spoke with a Ranger that offered his assistance. I sat and watched a ceremony of graduating Rangers while I waited for a group of mentors to discuss if I could even make it in to the final Alpha shift the next morning. I was told that there was maybe one slot left, but I held faith that I could make it in. The meeting convened and a bright, cheery face invited me over to the window. She asked me why I had missed my shift. I explained myself and in turn told me that even though missing out on my initial Alpha training was a huge red flag that I was able to get into the last shift. I was so relieved, there is a long process that it takes to get to Alpha training and I was happy that I hadn't gambled all of that away. After 10 hours of walking with mentors and earning social capital, I arrived back to HQ to discover that I had in fact had qualified to become a Ranger. As all the newly minted shiny pennies proudly stood during the ceremony, a rain infused dust storm hit HQ. Here is was, my very first dust storm during my one of the most amazing moments I've ever had on the playa. How fitting.